Can heritage be high-tech?

Building Information Modelling (BIM) for built heritage

Danae Phaedra Pocobelli1*

1
UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, University College London, London, UK
*danae.pocobelli.15@ucl.ac.uk

Building heritage conservation is a sensitive task,

as there are many issues that have to be considered
[1][2]. In the analysis phase a lot of different • How is BIM
kind of information has to be researched [2], such
useful to
as building’s history, its historic layers, material
characterisation and properties, damage and building heritage
temporal decay. Holding the correct data is the first conservation?
step to achieve a successful renovation project [3]. • What kind of
BIM is a new technology used in new constructions information is it
that allows to have a holistic view of the building able to hold?
[5], thanks to its capability to retain different
• Using BIM will
information in different formats, such as tables,
graphs, images, texts, links, etc. [4]. This work aims bring a revolution
to propose a solution developing a new step-list in heritage? What
that will enable professionals to use BIM in the kind of revolution?
building heritage field. http://www.builtworlds.com/ @D. Pocobelli

The planned methodology deals both with material analysis, through material characterisation, and surveying, via Terrestriala Data Aquisition (TDA).
1. Wet Chemistry clarifies Imaging to detects organic Concerning TDA, two different 2. Photogrammetry permits
the pathology type; matter; techniques will be studied: to focus on the material
2. Optical Microscope to 4. Fourier Transform 1. Laser scanning allows to characterisation and on the
defines the pathology origin; Infrared (FTIR) detect the geometry and the textures.
3. Ultra-Violet (UV) Spectroscopy to identifies volumetry of the building; Both tools create a points cloud.
Lighting and Infrared materials.
Material characterisation @D. Pocobelli Terrestrial Data Aquisition www.leica-geogystems.us/

Points Cloud
will be post-
processed using Cyclone.

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Revit Autodesk is a BIM
Through material characterisation we will
software that creates
be able to recognise the pathologies and to
.
plan adequate interventions.

@ D. Pocobelli
Pathologies grail.cs.washington.edu
Revit 3D Model

The above process will be applied This project is an opportunity Future work should focus
to the Jewel Tower. A conservation to deepen the research in both on the development of Future work
project will be delivered, and a material characterisation/ways a new software, which
step-list will be developed, which of decay and the use of BIM in will be able to hold all
will include suggestions based on the built heritage. The conservation the information, including
experience gained through the case- project will affect the former intervention records.
study. Information will be unified in topic, whilst the step-list and the Moreover, it will output
a unique model through BIM. unique model will be a benefit for a real-time model of the
heritage science professionals building, based on the
Step-list & unification dealing with historic buildings. monitoring data/forecasts.
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Aknowledgements References
[1] Arayici, Y. (2008), Towards building information modelling for existing structures, , 2008, 210-222
Thanks to Jan Wouters for the chemistry [2] Arias, P.; Armesto, J.; Di Capua, D.; Gonzalez Drigo, J. R.; Lorenzo, H.; Perez Garcia, M. (2007), Digital photogrammetry, GPR and computational analysis of structural damages in a
training; thanks to Lik Ren Tai and Mark mediaeval bridge, , 2007, 14, 1444-1457
Underhill for the laboratory assistance; [3] Di Giulio, R.; Balzani, M.; Maietti, F.; Ferrari, F. (2014), Digital morphometric survey for documentation, conservation and restoration works: the MUDI project, , Springer
International Publishing, 2014
thanks to Alexandra Bridarolli for the [4] Gaiani, M. (2012), Methods and techniques for Building Information Systems to study, sore, manage and communicate architectural heritage and archaeological complex systems, ,
support. This project is supported by 2012, 5
[5] Logothetis, S.; Delinasiou, A.; Stylianidis, E. (2015), Building Information Modelling for Cultural Heritage: A review,
SEAHA and UCL ISH. , II-5/W3,177-183